Let the nail polish chips fall where they may

My fall love affair with dark nails continues. Today I have a little YSL dark-purple action going on. But as we all know, these shades are as high-maintenance as they are handsome, and I'm exhausted. My cycle: I usually get a mani on Sunday; it relaxes me before a long week and makes Monday more fun. Of course, tapping away at a keyboard for 8 hours = lotsa chips. To fix them, I dab a tiny blob of matching polish inside each chip, letting it spread out and fill in the chip as it dries. But by Thursday, my nails are officially scrappy looking, and I remove all the polish. I try reapplying the color myself, only to be reminded that my left hand is basically a nonfunctioning appendage that dangles from my arm for symmetry's sake. So I slap on some clear polish for the remainder of the week. Maybe I should start getting manis on Wednesday night and hope that less key tapping will make them last all the way until Monday. When do you get yours done (or do em yourself, for you ambidextrous types)? And do you take the time to fix chips or just give up and take it all off?